Job Description:

• 1) Repairs and adjusts sewing machines in homes and sewing departments of industrial establishments, using handtools: Turns screws and nuts to adjust machine parts.

• 2) Regulates length of stroke of needle and horizontal movement of feeding mechanism under needle.

• 3) Dismantles machines and replaces or repairs broken or worn parts, using handtools.

• 4) Inspects machines, shafts, and belts.

• 5) Repairs broken transmission belts.

• 6) Installs attachments on machines.

• 7) Initiates orders for new machines or parts.

• 8) May operate machine tools, such as lathes and drill presses, to make new parts.

• 9) May be designated according to location in which employed as Fitting-Room Maintenance Mechanic.